The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-13
CAN THEY DO 1T?
WORK BEFORE The LEGISLATURE.
Nearly Five Hundred Bills introduced In the Two
Houses Only Sixteen Have Passed Both
twenty Days Remaining.



The following carefully prepared sum-
mary of the work accomplished in each
branch of the Legislature, including bills
named i'm former letter and up to and in
Guiding the proceedings of yesterday,
May 10, the Seth day of the session,
will give a better idea, perhaps, of the
possible chances of completing the nee
essary legislation in the twenty-One
working days yet remaining of the ses-
sion, than any means that can be de
vised to solve that important problem.
SENATE.
The following Senate bills have passed
the Senate on third reading:
Substitute for Nos. 3, 4, 8 and 3, relat-
ing to the killing of stock by railroads.
No. 1O-To prevent the issuing of free
passes to delegates to political conven-
tions.
No. 16-To provide for the issuing and
service of writs and process in certain
cases.
No. 21-Fixing the pay of jurors and
witnesses.
No. a3-Providing for the issuing of
marriage licenses.
No. 24-To repeal the tax ON drum
mers.
No. 27-Incorporating the Daytona.
Ocala and Cedar Key Railway Com
pany.
No. 30-Providing for the enforce
ment of Art. XIX of the Constitution.
No. 3l-Requiring record To- be kept
of stock killed by railroads.
No. 33-To make all the money and
property of railroads subject to garnish-
ment.
No. A-Relieving widows and de
formed persons from certain license
taxes.
No. 35-Providing n penalty for Oh
structing railroad tracks.
No. 3S-Prohibiting the use of intox-
icating liquors by railroad employees.
No. Swallowing certain challenges
to jurors in courts of Justices of the
Peace.
No. 45-Requiring railroad companies,
charging negroes first-class fares, to pro-
vide for them fiirst-class cars.
No. 52-Dividing Monroe County and
establishing the County of Lee.
No. 53-Regulating appeals in Chan
Gerry causes.
No. 54-Authorizing Circuit Judges to
order the removal of prisoners from one
county to another.
No. 55-Authorizing Circuit Judges to
appoint elisors.
No. 61-Regulating the issuance of Ii
censes.
No. 14-Reorganizing the municipal
government of the city of Palatka.
No. 1s5-Making appropriations for
East Florida Seminary.
No. 1g1-Amending the act aiding the
construction of the Thomasvilfe. ITALIA
hassee and Gulf Railroad.
The following House bills have passed
the Senate ON third reading:
No. S3-Creating Osceola County.
No. l00-Legalizing the charters of all
incorporated cities and towns.
No. 132-For the relief of NJ. II. Aber-
nathy and II. b. Stapleton.
No. li9-Creating the County of DE
Soto.
No. 15s-Incorporating DeLand Uni
versity.
No. 192-lncorporating the Alabama
Midland Railway Company.
No. 173-Incorporating the Chipola
Hotel Company.
The following Senate bills have been
indefinitely postponed:
No. 12-Relating to the admission tn
record of deeds, mortgages, etc.
No. s9-Pro giding for the care and
custody of convicts whose term of I'M
prisonment is less than one year.
The following Senate bills have been
withdrawn:
No. 46-Requiring locomotive engin-
GERS to be licensed.
No. 194-Amending Sec ,, Act of De-
cember %, 1856, for the benefit of coIu-
merce.